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[Wolfzbane]

I just picked up my D200 yesterday and it's really awesome, but very difficult to use. I had a D5100 and didn't often fool around with settings. Now I'm finding that even with a low shutter speed and higher fstop, I'm getting very dark pictures. If I adjust it too much my pictures blur badly... I'm not 100% sure what to do.

 

I'm shooting with a 55-300 mm lens with 1/40 second shutter and 3 fstop with 300iso 

 

Thanks in advance.

[Afterimage]

What were you shooting? In a full bright (daylight, outdoors, ect.) situation that sounds like the camera is shooting too slowly.

It might be as simple as the EV being set to -2.0 accidently or something. Spot metering on something dark might also cause this. Check your meter settings as well.

[Davem45]

If you have another camera do check the meter you might be able to use + ev to correct it if its not just a setting problem

[greenwing]

Go outdoors in daylight. This is important. Put it on Program, see if that works. Then work your way through S and/or A, taking notice of what they set, to manual. I think you'd have done better to keep the D5100. The D200 has very few advantages over it, and I don't think you are ready to exploit those small advantages.

[Wolfzbane]

Looks like my EV is 0. 

 

 

Put it on Program, see if that works. Then work your way through S and/or A, taking notice of what aperture & shutter speed they set, to manual. I think you'd have done better to keep the D5100. The D200 has very few advantages over it, none of which you're ready for.

Go outdoors in daylight. This is important. Put it on Program, see if that works. Then work your way through S and/or A, taking notice of what they set, to manual. I think you'd have done better to keep the D5100. The D200 has very few advantages over it, and I don't think you are ready to exploit those small advantages.

 

I'll try program and see how that goes. I've already sold the D5100 and the only way to get better is to learn and progress so I don't have any regrets. The pictures that have turned out good look phenomenal, much better than my D5100 so I'm happy.

 

Thanks for the suggestions everyone

[Russ]

You could always post an untouched photo here so the exif is intact, may give people a few clues as to what is going on.

[Stas]

I am using nikon d200 already for 3 years and I don't have such problems. I think that you shoot in some dark place. You just haven't enough light. So you can try next steps:

1) Increase ISO (but remember that d200 is is very noisy on high ISO) Press ISO key and turn wheel under the thumb of your left hand to the left.

2) Decrease shutter speed, but in this case you have to use a tripod to stabilize image.

3) Use lower  fstop if it is possible.

You can use it all in the same time or choose one of them.